Rachelle Lefevre to star as female lead in CBS series ‘Under The Dome’

Rachelle Lefevre to star in CBS series ‘Under The Dome’, as female lead.

Rachelle Lefevre has been cast as the female lead opposite Mike Vogel and Dean Norris in Under The Dome, CBS’ 13-episode series from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin and Stephen King based on King’s bestselling 2009 novel. The drama is set in Chester’s Mill, a small New England town suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. Lafevre will play Julia, an investigative reporter who’s just moved to Chester’s Mill from Chicago with her husband. CBS TV Studios-produced Under The Dome is exec produced by Neal Baer, King, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stacey Snider, Jack Bender and writer Brian K. Vaughan. Niels Arden Oplev will direct the first episode. The project reunites Lefevre’ with CBS, CBS Studios and showrunner Baer after co-starring in the 2012 series A Gifted Man.